bodhicitta
From Buddha-Nature
Sanskrit Noun
bodhicitta
mind of enlightenment
बोधिचित्त
བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།
菩提心
Basic Meaning
The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution.
Has the Sense of
As this is the desire to achieve and help achieve the state of enlightenment for all sentient beings, it is called the thought or mind of awakening or enlightenment.
Simplified English Usage
Thought of awakening
Term Variations | |
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Key Term | bodhicitta |
Topic Variation | bodhicitta |
Tibetan | བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས། ( jangchubsem) |
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | byang chub sems ( jangchubsem) |
Devanagari Sanskrit | बोधिचित्त ( bodhicitta) |
Romanized Sanskrit | bodhicitta ( bodhicitta) |
Chinese | 菩提心 |
Chinese Pinyin | pútí xīn |
Buddha-nature Site Standard English | mind of enlightenment |
Richard Barron's English Term | awakened mind |
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | mind of enlightenment |
Gyurme Dorje's English Term | enlightened mind, enlightened attitude |
Alternate Spellings | རྫོགས་པའི་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས། |
Term Information | |
Source Language | Sanskrit |
Basic Meaning | The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution. |
Has the Sense of | As this is the desire to achieve and help achieve the state of enlightenment for all sentient beings, it is called the thought or mind of awakening or enlightenment. |
Related Topic Pages | Https://www.bhutan.virginia.edu/subjects/8260/text-node/51131/nojs |
Term Type | Noun |
Definitions | |
Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary | a mind directed towards pure and total presence, a mind set on enlightenment, bodhichitta, awakened heart, enlightened mind, attitude, the [primordial] state of pure and total presence; enlightened mind. བྱང་ meaning – pure of obscurations and chub meaning perfect in enlightened attributes. |